Healthy Homemade Granola Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups puffed brown rice cereal (or puffed millet)
3 cups quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup apricot, chopped
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
3/4 cup shredded coconut (preferrably unsweetened)
3/4 cup honey
3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup flax seed meal, mixed with
2 tablespoons water
3/4 cup carob chips

Preparation

Mix cereal, oats, fruit, nuts, and coconut in a large bowl.
Heat honey over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bubbly. Stir in peanut butter and flax meal mixture. Heat, stirring, until well-mixed and melty. Add more water if necessary. Consistency should be liquidy.
Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients and quickly stir to mix with a rubber spatula. When well-incorporated and slightly cooled, add carob.
Press into a 13 x 9 inch pan. Press hard. Refrigerate a few hours or overnight. Cut into bars.